B-There! Birmingham Zoo’s 60th Anniversary | Easter Egg Hunt

15 Ways To Relieve Spring Fever in Birmingham This Week

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4/1/2015 – 4/7/2015

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As things warm up, Birmingham blooms. Join us this week as we welcome the Easter bunny, celebrate the Birmingham Zoo’s 60th Birthday, support our local artists, and learn how to arrange those flowers you’ve picked from your neighbor’s garden.

The USA Men’s Wheelchair Basketball team will compete against Canada, Great Britain, and Australia in this year’s Men’s Lakeshore Cup here in Birmingham. This is a great opportunity to see these teams as they prepare for the summer Paralympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Join the Birmingham Museum of Art for First Thursday, an after-hours experience where the museum is open for folks to wander the galleries, sip cocktails in the garden, watch a movie, or eat tapas at Oscar’s from 5-9 p.m.

Join The McWane Science Center as they collaborate with UAB students and faculty for Brain Awareness Week. Bring the kids at 9 a.m. for the chance to dissect a sheep’s brain or a cow’s eye. They’ll also learn from various interactive activities that describe how the senses work.

Help the Birmingham Zoo celebrate its 60th Anniversary this weekend by feeding the lorikeets in the Lorikeet Aviary, enjoying the new Wildlife Shows, taking a ride on the new Wild Slide, soaring through Alabama Wilds on the Soaring Safari Zipline Adventure, camel rides, face painting, giraffe feedings, and playing in the Zoo Splash Pads.

Relieve some of that pent up energy from this week with a Southeastern Outings kayak/canoe trip down Clear Creek at the Bankhead National Forest in Winston, Ala. this Saturday. Bring your own boat and meet at 7:45 a.m. at the Kmart in Green Springs or at 8:45 a.m. from the Jack’s in Jasper.

For more information and to place a reservation, contact Dan Frederick by at seoutings@bellsouth.net or (205) 631 – 4680.

Cottontail ExpressNow through April 4Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum

Hop aboard the Cottontail Express for a ride to Peter Cottontail’s meadow. Join in the fun at the meadow hunting for Easter eggs and partaking in the jump station, coloring station, and sandbox. Be sure to bring your camera to take photos with Peter Cottontail himself.

The second annual Hop & Shop Easter shopping event will kick off the spring shopping season in Homewood from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Retailers in Downtown Homewood will let customers hunt for Easter Eggs that hold discount coupons, gift cards, candy and other prizes. The sidewalk Easter parade starts at noon.

For more information, call (205) 871-5631.

Easter Egg HuntApril 4Oak Mountain State Park

Jump on over to Oak Mountain State Park’s 8th Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to meet the Easter Bunny and to find some of the 10,000 eggs he hid around the park! Other activities include face painting, hayrides, moonwalk, cake hop, sack races, and Easter basket raffles.

Muscle Shoals music royalty are coming to Birmingham. Join Rick Hall, Jimmy Johnson, Spooner Oldham, and Dick Cooper from 6-8 p.m. as they collaborate for an evening of in-depth discussion of the sound from Alabama influenced Etta James, The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Clarence Carter, Gregg Allman, and Percy Sledge–a sound that shaped the music world forever.

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